Ranganathan. A : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Ranganathan. A contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2021 for Vidhan Sabha from Sulur

LOST against Kandasamy V.P.

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kandasamy V.P.	ADMK	118,968
Premier Selvam (A)Kalichamy M	DMK	87,036
Elangovan. G	NTK	14,426
Ranganathan. A	MNM	12,658
Senthil Kumar. S.A.	AMMKMNKZ	4,111
Nota	NOTA	2,610
Prem Kumar P	IND	380
Nagaraj. K	GPI	241
Selva Kumar D	IND	213
Karthikeyan P	IND	209
Shankar Guru. M	IND	196
Selvan S	IND	177
Jagadheesh. S	MIDP	128
Shanmugam R	IND	116
Senthil Kumar. S.A.P.	IND	101
Kandasamy T	IND	83

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Kallakurichi

LOST against Prabhu A

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prabhu A	ADMK	90,108
Kamaraj P	DMK	86,004
Ramamoorththy S	VCK	17,492
Senthamilselvi R	PMK	9,736
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,008
Ranganathan A	IND	2,085
Chandiran R	KMDK	1,892
Elayaperumal K	IJK	1,309
Mariyappan C	NTK	1,181
Muthukrishnan M	IND	305
Kamaraj M	IND	291
Ramar S	LJP	154
Mannan M P	IND	154

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Ambattur

LOST against Alexander V

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alexander V	ADMK	94,375
Aassan Maulaana	INC	76,877
Sekar K N	PMK	16,635
Constandine Ravindran J	DMDK	16,631
Devarajan C	BJP	9,563
None Of The Above	NOTA	5,603
Anbuthennarasan R	NTK	5,044
Simran Kalati	YSP	553
Abubakkar M	NCP	479
Prakash C	BSP	456
Devarajan G	IND	418
Palanivel K	CPI(ML)(L)	403
Chinnadurai M	IND	385
Shivakumar S	IND	339
Narmadha Nandhakumar	IND	267
Prakash R	IND	234
Viswanathan R	IND	166
Manoharan D	IND	128
Balaji G	IND	119
Ganesan N	IND	117
Kanakaraj K	IND	116
Ramesh B	IND	115
Ranganathan K	VTK	112
Ramadass A S	IND	109
Dhanraj P	IND	106
Arumugam S	IND	100
Balachandar M	PPIS	99
Vijayakumar G	IND	83

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Villivakkam

WON against Thadi M Raju

with 44% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
B Ranganathan	DMK	65,972
Thadi M Raju	ADMK	56,651
T Pandiyan	DMDK	8,234
M Jaishankar	BJP	6,438
G V Subramaniyan	PMK	4,193
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,409
A Vagai Venthan	NTK	3,002
K M Sucharitha	YSP	952
A Palanivel	BSP	369
S Ranjithkumar	IND	244
J Jagadesh	VTK	113
B Mohamed Iqbal Basha	IND	111
Villivakkam G Ashok Kumar	IND	91
R K Ravichandran	IND	80
M Gunasekaran	IND	71
C Pandiyan	IND	66
S Kandasamy	IND	52
D Elavarasan	IND	36

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Villivakkam

WON against Kalan. G

with 46% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ranganathan. B	DMK	278,850
Kalan. G	ADMK	248,734
Velmurugan. G	DMDK	51,892
Ravisundaram.S	BJP	9,202
Prema. K	LKPT	6,473
Thyagarajan.J	IND	2,610
Satheesh Kumar.K.P	IND	2,189
Mohan	IND	2,051
Srinivasan. S	BSP	1,670
Sathesh Kumar. S	IND	1,651
Mahalakshimi.B	SP	745
Palanivel. K	CPI(ML)(L)	741
Ganesan.K.R	AIFB	731
Venkatesan.N	LJP	617
Joshi.K.A	IND	611
Kumar.N	IND	473
Balamurugan.B	IND	371
Mohankumar.S.P	IND	333
Karunagaran. P.V	IND	322
Rajendran. C	IND	312
Ashok.S	IND	279
Gunasekaran.M	IND	227

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Sriperumbudur

LOST against Yasodha D

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Yasodha D	INC	70,066
Balakrishnan K	VCK	52,272
Palani C	DMDK	30,096
Sivakumar G	BJP	2,866
Ranganathan R	IND	1,803
Anbazagan A	IND	1,350
Kadirvelu M	IND	911
Shanmugam V.K	IND	678

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Saidapet

LOST against Senthamizhan G.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Senthamizhan G.	ADMK	75,973
Baskaran C.R.	PMK	70,068
Venugopal R.	DMDK	11,675
Ranganathan K.	BJP	1,692
Ravi P.S.	IND	780
Natarajan G.	IND	705
Kandasamy P.	IND	564
Mohan M.	IND	469
Ramu A.	IND	425
Viswanathan E.	AIFB	368
Sriram S.	UCPI	266
Sureshbabu	IND	246
Muniappan M.	IND	222
Jaishankar M.	IND	195
Tamil Selvan M.	IND	148
Pragalathan M.	IND	93
Ananthakumar G.	IND	92
Vijayakumar S.	IND	87
Thiruvengadam U.	IND	80
Rajasekar	IND	78
Anand S.	IND	69

2004 for Lok Sabha from Tindivanam

LOST against Dhanaraju. K

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dhanaraju. K	PMK	367,849
Arunmozhithevan. A	ADMK	276,685
Gopalakrishnan. P	JD(U)	29,915
Mohamed Ali Jinna. M	IND	10,987
Perumal. S	IND	8,083
Veethus Durai Raj. L	IND	6,737
Ellangovan. Aranga	IND	6,650
Ranganathan. S	IND	5,338
Rayar. K	BSP	3,938
Soundararajan. N K	IND	3,443
Navaneethe Krishnan. B	IND	1,540
Sekar. I M	IND	1,401
Ashok Kumar. P N	IND	990
Salvam. M	IND	844
Iniyadayalan. G	IND	725
Kuzandaivelu. T	IND	701
Arasan. K	IND	625
Kasi. G	IND	472

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Purasawalkam

WON against Vetriivel P

with 49% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ranganathan B	DMK	69,681
Vetriivel P	TMC(M)	65,879
Gurunathan S	MDMK	4,902
Antony Xavier R	JD(S)	1,033
Venkataramani J	IND	598
Peter Solomon	IND	389
Murugan M	IND	261
E.M. Arumugam	IND	219
Mutharasan V	IND	216
So.Ma.Ramachandran	IND	202
Sudarson M.S	SPSP	194

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Sankari

LOST against Dhanabal.P

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dhanabal.P	ADMK	70,312
Saravanan.T.R	DMK	47,360
Murugesan.S	MDMK	4,704
Ranganathan .R	IND	2,263

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Thirunavalur

LOST against Gnanamoorthy.K.G.P.

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gnanamoorthy.K.G.P.	ADMK	59,115
Manikkannan.A.J.	DMK	44,342
Poorani.A.	MDMK	4,549
Ranganathan V.	IND	2,787
Ethirajan.M.	RSP	1,786

1999 for Lok Sabha from Madras Central

LOST against Murasoli Maran

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Murasoli Maran	DMK	364,565
Abdul Latheef M.	ADMK	227,616
Janaki Ammal R. (Tmt)	PT	5,046
Loganathan V.G.	IND	3,815
Ranganathan S.	IND	3,561
Dominic Savio M.	IND	2,613
Sudarson M.S.	SPSP	2,200
Subbu A.P.S.	NCP	1,814
Santhosh Kumar Dr.N.	IND	1,620
Ambeth Venkatesh B.	IND	887
Balasami	AJBP	813
Anavarathan A.	IND	778
Rajasheakar S.	DTMK	567
Arumugam A.	IND	500
Ganesan R.	IND	428
Asan Meeran M.	IND	419
Arumugam J.	IND	350
Ramachanthiran S.	IND	308

1998 for Lok Sabha from Madras Central

LOST against Murasoli Maran

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Murasoli Maran	DMK	300,774
Jayakumar D	ADMK	229,047
Anbarasu R	INC	44,061
Natarajan S	PT	1,385
Sudarson	IND	1,161
Swaminathan	IND	973
Sava Mustafa (Thirumathi)	IND	888
Sivakumar V	IND	798
Sivagnanasambandan .T	RJD	714
Ranganathan S	IND	622
Loganathan V.G	IND	493
Jagannathan E	IND	299
Ramachandran S	IND	234

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Bargur

LOST against Sugavanam E.G.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sugavanam E.G.	DMK	59,148
Jayalalitha J.	ADMK	50,782
Ramalingam E.P.	PMK	2,352
Madhavan P.	BJP	912
Viswanathan K.	MDMK	912
Sundaramoorthy Nainar S.	IND	426
Gunaseelan K.C.	IND	308
Krishnakumar S.	IND	207
Ranganathan S.	IND	204
Iniyadayalan G.	IND	203
Sengottaian M.P.	IND	185
Dhanarakshagan K.	IND	154
Ayyakkannu K.	IND	140
Manmathan M.	IND	101
Selvam T.	IND	98
Padmarajan K.	IND	96
Madhaiyan S.A.	IND	92
Ponpaul P.	IND	84
Jayaprakash G.	IND	79
Perumal A.	IND	74
Umamahadev M.V.	IND	59
Veerappa Deenadayalan V.T.R.	IND	27

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Thousand Lights

LOST against Stalin M.K.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stalin M.K.	DMK	66,905
Zeenath Sheriffdeen	ADMK	22,028
Thiyagarajan K.	MDMK	2,479
Nagamma	BJP	2,015
Elumalai N.	PMK	1,457
Ravikannan R.	IND	225
Theerthamalai A.P.	IND	159
Munusamy M.	IND	94
Daniel Thomas R.	IND	84
Theyagarajan V.	IND	63
Arunkumar G.	IND	59
Kandasamy P.	IND	50
Kumar K.	IND	45
Krishnamurthy P.	IND	44
Gajendran G.	IND	40
Paramasivan K.	IND	35
Zumruth Begum	IND	34
Kalaimani R.	IND	31
Venkatesan J.	IND	23
Ranganathan S.	IND	23
Muniyandy K.V.	IND	21
Venkatesan T.	IND	19
Velu M.P.	IND	19
Mariyappan C.	IND	16

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Maduranthakam

LOST against Venkatesan S.K.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Venkatesan S.K.	DMK	53,563
U. Kamchand S.D.	ADMK	42,970
Gunasekaran G.	PMK	4,837
Veeraraghavan K.R.	MDMK	4,663
Audhikesavalu K.S.	BJP	437
Umapathy A.	IND	202
Sundaresan M.	IND	121
Savithiri Rangan R.	IND	101
Hussan R.	IND	94
Chitharanjan Doss Agaram	IND	91
Ranganathan R.	IND	90
Venkatesan D.	IND	87
Palani B.	IND	79
Narayanan A.	IND	48
Venkatesan M.R.	IND	45
Anantharaman K.	IND	42
Devanathan N.R.	IND	36
Janarthanam N.R.	IND	24
Venkatesan N.G.	IND	23
Janakiraman N.	IND	20

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Singanallur

LOST against Palaniswamy N.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Palaniswamy N.	DMK	92,379
Duraisamy R.	ADMK	33,967
Kannappan M.	MDMK	19,951
Kalyanasundaram R.	BJP	3,741
Palanisamy	ICS	363
Loganathan K.	ATMK	302
Nandagopal P.	JP	298
Chandrasekaran V.	IND	191
Gajendran V.	IND	182
Rangasamy M.	IND	151
Bharathi	IND	141
Thangavelu A.	IND	133
Harikrishnan S.M.	IND	125
Selvaraju N.	IND	123
Natarajan S.K.	IND	112
Palanichamy R.	IND	104
Durairaj G.	IND	99
Sultan A.	IND	88
Damodharan V.K.	IND	88
Anndurai M.	IND	82
Saravanakumar K.	IND	79
Ranganathan	SAP	78
Shanmugam K.	IND	77
Balakrishnan C.S.	IND	76
Vijayakumar A.	IND	68
Nandagopal S.	IND	66
Rajendran S.	IND	65
Balasubramani	IND	57
Jegadeesan G.	IND	50
Venugopal K.P.	IND	50
Rajamani G.	IND	50
Matheswaran K.S.	IND	42
Prabakharan P.	IND	40
Selvaraj	IND	36
Ravi M.	IND	36
Selvarajan J.A.	IND	34
Ayyasamy R.	IND	32
Panjamirtham N.	IND	18

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruppur

LOST against Subbarayan K.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Subbarayan K.	CPI	101,392
Sivasamy C.	ADMK	60,337
Duraisamy S.	MDMK	20,637
Sundramoorthy K.	IND	7,473
Palanisamy M.	BJP	4,992
Vadivel C.	PMK	450
Gopal K.	IND	343
Nataraj S.	IND	340
Ravi C.	IND	282
Ramasamy R.	IND	255
Chinnakuti R.	IND	218
Dhandapani N.	IND	215
Ramasamy C.	IND	197
Radhakrishnan G.	IND	147
Ranganathan N.M.	IND	144
Rangasamy N.	IND	140
Sankaralingam R.	IND	126
Ganesan K.P.	IND	119
Ganesan N.R.	IND	117
Ponnusamy A.	IND	117
Sivalingam S.A.	IND	112
Kannan U.	IND	111
Gurunathan B.	IND	110
Kandasamy R.	IND	108
Meenakshi Sundaram L.	IND	104
Arunachalam A.	IND	101
Ramalingam M.M.S.	IND	97
Saravanan P.	IND	91
Chinnaponnuvathiyar V.M.	IND	91
Shanmugham M.	IND	90
Ruban M.	IND	84
Sabapathi L.P.	IND	81
Ganesan V.	IND	80
Nagaraj R.	IND	80
Raju K.R.	IND	79
Babu K.S.	IND	78
Chinnadurai R.	IND	69
Lakshmanan M.	IND	65
Thangavelu V.	IND	65
Gunasekaran M.G.	IND	64
Mathiazalagan A.	IND	64
Easwarlal D.	IND	60
Sarathi Dasan L.	IND	53
Suresh Kumar K.	IND	53
Kathiresan K.	IND	52
Subramaniam S.	IND	52
Soundarraj S.	IND	52
Muthuraman R.	IND	52
Gopal K.	IND	50
Gnanavaram M.S.	IND	42
Vardarajan S.	IND	41
Kanagaraj M.	IND	40
Lingasamy A.	IND	34
Raghunathan P.	IND	32
Parabakaran S.	IND	29
Muthulingam A.	IND	28
Senguttuvel S.S.	IND	7

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Erode

LOST against N.K.K. Periasamy

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
N.K.K. Periasamy	DMK	104,726
S. Muthusamy	ADMK	56,889
A. Genashamurthy	MDMK	7,047
C. Ravi	BJP	1,433
V.K. Jambu	PMK	1,359
M. Devakumar	IND	297
E.J. Narayanaram Singh	IND	247
Thiruvenkatachala Mudaliar	IND	233
K. Murugesan	IND	201
K.N. Selvaraj	IND	132
G. Nataraj	IND	132
V.P. Senthilkumar	IND	117
C.N. Ramanathan	IND	107
K. Appa @ Shanmugam	IND	104
P. Natarajan	IND	93
S.S. Prabakaran	IND	92
A. Gurusamy	IND	87
A. Balasubramaniam	IND	86
R.G. Samy	IND	73
A.D. Satish Kumar	IND	71
R. Shanmugasundaram	IND	68
P. Elango	IND	66
G.M. Mangalraj	IND	65
P. Aasaithambi	IND	64
V. Thangaraj	IND	62
A. Thiyagi Kandasamy	IND	60
A. Thirumalaisamy	IND	60
R.K. Santhilkumar	IND	60
S.V. Krishnasamy	IND	57
K. Marimuthu	IND	56
K. Kasthuribai @ Kasthuri	IND	54
M.S. Sundaramurthy	IND	51
Palaniappan	IND	49
E.N. Sampath	IND	48
V. Krishna Prasad	IND	47
U.K. Balamurugan	IND	46
Selvan Ranganathan	IND	46
M. Paramasivam	IND	43
R. Palanisamy	IND	42
N.V. Marimuthu	IND	41
V. Sivagnanam	IND	39
A. Dharmalingam	IND	35
P. Thangavelu	IND	34
K. Munusamy	KMK	33
K. Venkatachalapathy	IND	33
E. Subramaniam	IND	32
K. Ayyadurai	IND	32
A. Asoka Kandasamy	IND	30
S.R. Moorthy	IND	30
P. Natarajan	IND	26
E.C. Sridharan	IND	25
M. Rajendran	IND	24
R. Jayaprakasham	IND	24
K.M. Dhachinamoorthy	IND	24
R. Subramaniam	IND	22
M.R. Velmurugan	IND	19
Rajendran	IND	17
J. Rajagopal	IND	15
V. Karthikeyan	IND	12
S. Krishnan	IND	12

1996 for Lok Sabha from Nilgiris

LOST against Balasubramaniyan S.R.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Balasubramaniyan S.R.	TMC(M)	475,515
R.Prabhu	INC	194,139
C.V.Kandasamy	JD	38,462
Mathan M. @ Master Mathan	BJP	32,185
Loganathan V	IND	2,069
H.N.Kalla Gowder	IND	2,019
M.Ashok	SHS	1,824
Rasa G	IND	1,600
Ranganathan A.G	IND	1,016
K.Paramathma	IND	998
Joy Mathew	IND	870
M.Udhayashankar	IND	868
Ramanujam G.R	IND	795
Murugesan M	IND	744
Vijayakumar P	IND	712
R.Pooranachandran	IND	682
Joseph D	IND	407
S.Myleswamy	IND	354
Muthiah B	ATMK	348
Joseph Frankel	IND	317

1991 for Lok Sabha from Madras Central

LOST against Anbarasu Era

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Anbarasu Era	INC	312,302
Somu N.V.N.	DMK	209,031
Rajendra Kumar B.	BJP	19,262
Anbazhagan D.	PMK	7,472
Sami Shanumugam	JP	1,230
Mahendran M.	DDP	700
Doraiswamy C.	IND	600
Anandan D.	IND	572
Ramalingam V.	IND	392
Arumugan E.M.	LKD	371
Habib M.	TMM	299
John P.	IND	249
Ranganathan K.N.	IND	240
Muniraj M.	MGMK	228
T. Vardharajan	IND	222
Chakrapani N.	IND	161
Swaminadhan K.R.	MPP	138
Vinseni Nadar S.	IND	109
Vincent Theophil K.	IND	101

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Purasawalkam

WON against Veeraswamy Arcot N.

with 56% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ranganathan B.	INC	71,391
Veeraswamy Arcot N.	DMK	48,559
Manivannan R.	PMK	3,656
Selvaraj B.	BJP	3,120
Sagunthala B.	JP	243
Elango S.	IND	206
Nagmani J.	BSP	134
Martin N.	IND	110
Muniraj M.	MGMK	91
Murugesan A.	IND	86
Nirmala S.	IND	76
Anandan D.	IND	72
Panneerselva M. S.	IND	72
Arividai Nambi N.	IND	64
Sundarasekaran K.	IND	56
Dhayanithi V.	IND	56

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Chepauk

LOST against Zeenath Sheriffdeen

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Zeenath Sheriffdeen	INC	29,605
Anbazhagan K.	DMK	25,149
Karthikeyan G.	BJP	2,559
Sham Shahabuddin S.K.	MUL	609
Mohamed Ali M.	JP	134
Saravanan D.V.	IND	84
Ravikumar T.	IND	79
Mani P.N.	IND	64
Abdul Khader	IND	41
Ranindran S.	IND	37
Devendran M.	IND	34
Vendan G.	IND	34
Ranganathan C.S.	MPP	31
Rajesekaran Alias Babu V.J.	IND	22

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Kaveripattinam

LOST against Munusamy K.P.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Munusamy K.P.	ADMK	70,136
Govindasamy V.C.	DMK	22,900
Thatha Gounder N.	PMK	6,084
Nagarajan C.	IND	651
Krishnan J.P.	BJP	533
Sankar R.	IND	259
Ranganathan P.M.	IND	112

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Bhavani

LOST against G.G. Gurumoorthy

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
G.G. Gurumoorthy	IND	36,371
P.S. Kiruttinasamy	DMK	19,518
S.N. Balasubramanian	INC	19,291
P.N. Govindan	ADK(JR)	9,125
K. Palanisamy	IND	586
P. Chandrasekaran	IND	283
K.M. Petharan	IND	278
P.L. Siddha Gounder	IND	130
P.S. Palanisamy	IND	118
T.G. Ranganathan	IND	116
S.A. Subramanian	IND	107
V. Karunamoorthy	IND	93
V. Mariappan	IND	89
N.N. Rajeswaran	IND	71
K.G. Thangavelu	IND	50

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Harbour

LOST against M. Karunanidhi

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Karunanidhi	DMK	41,632
K.A. Wahab	MUL	9,641
C.P. Pattabira-Man	ADK(JL)	8,086
Thuraimugam Khaja Mohideen	ADK(JR)	7,055
J. Madanagopal Rao	BJP	1,752
M.S. Balasubramaniam	IND	401
A. Sayed Mohamed Gani	IND	225
Kader Ali	IND	120
Srinivasan	IND	104
Ramachandran	IND	65
Ranganathan	IND	64
A. Sarbuddin	IND	61
P.K. Sudersanam	IND	53
B. Rajendran	IND	47
A. Sait Mohamed	IND	45
Lingam	IND	41
A. Sadullah	IND	35
V.T.R. Veerappagunder	IND	34
B.M. Nagarathinam	IND	31
A. Jayaraman	IND	31
M. Suseela	IND	31
J. Jayanathan	IND	30
B.G. Lakshimipathy	IND	30
G.R. Balasudaram	IND	28
A. Vasudevan	IND	15
T.R. Venkatesan	IND	12

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Purasawalkam

LOST against Veerasamy Arcot N.

with 22% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Veerasamy Arcot N.	DMK	68,640
Ranganathan B.	ADK(JL)	30,376
Anbarasu C.	IND	29,962
Purasai Kumaran	BJP	5,169
Meiyappan R.	IND	1,130
Mahendran K.	IND	319
Parameswaran N.	IND	242
Jayachandran S. Alias Lenin	IND	173
Deenan Naicker M.	IND	162
Ravikumar V.	IND	131
Vadivelu	IND	118
Ramachandran D. Alias Ramachandra Naicker	ICJ(BG)	112
Alla Pichai M.	IND	103
Algappan	IND	100
Jayachandran P.	IND	92
Janardhanam Pillai V.	IND	88
Silvaraj S.	IND	86
Sankar C.	IND	84
Arivudainab\Mbi N.	IND	73
Sivakumar R.	IND	64
Dhanramlingam T.K.	IND	62
Selvaraj K.	IND	54
Annamalai G.	IND	53
Jaganathan V.S.	IND	50
Loganathan. T.	IND	49
Anthony I.	IND	48
Jaganathan M.	IND	30
Shamkumar	IND	27
Chandrakekaran A.	IND	16

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Arcot

LOST against Gajapathy T.R.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gajapathy T.R.	DMK	34,775
Ramdoss K.V.	ADK(JL)	20,470
Palani T.	ADK(JR)	14,581
Kannan A.K.T.	INC	12,053
Murthy G.	IND	11,476
Mani S.	IND	425
Sethuraman A.M.	IND	264
Sundararajan K.	IFT	248
Ganesan A.M.	IND	226
Padmanaphan A.P.N	IND	204
Elangovan K.P.	IND	166
Ravi J.	IND	163
Krishnan A.K.	IND	105
Ranganathan A.	IND	55
Krishnao A.K.J.	IND	51

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Gingee

LOST against Ramachandiran N.

with 17% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramachandiran N.	DMK	38,415
Ranganathan V.	IND	15,785
Murugannadham T.M.	INC	15,634
Parthasarathy K.	ADK(JL)	9,895
Krishnasmy G.	ADK(JR)	8,443
Iniyadayalan G.	IND	989
Balarama Gounder C.	IND	640
Kasirajan R.	IND	576
Mayakrishnan Om. G.	IND	453

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Kandamangalam

LOST against Alaguvelu S.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alaguvelu S.	DMK	40,624
Kannan M.	ADK(JR)	15,433
Subramanian V.	ADK(JL)	14,919
Kasthuri Chellaram	INC	12,577
Nagamani M.G.	IND	1,685
Arumugam V.	IND	413
Narayansamy M.P.	IND	305
Gopalakrishnan S.	IND	210
Dhasarathan R.	IND	140
Rajaram S.	IND	103
Shanmuagm S.	IND	74
Ranganathan T.	IND	67

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Omalur

LOST against Krishnan C.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Krishnan C.	ADK(JL)	32,275
Chinnaraju K.	DMK	21,793
Anbalagan K.	INC	11,803
Muthusamy M.	ADK(JR)	5,601
Dharman T.	IND	1,543
Ganesan P.K.	IND	888
Ayyavoo K.	IND	616
Karumalai K.	IND	278
Govindaraj R.	IND	240
Pakkiyanathan P.	IND	189
Kuppusamy M.	IND	176
Palani K.	IND	167
Kalyanasundaram P.	IND	102
Ranganathan O.	IND	98
Mohan E.	IND	94
Ghandran S.	IND	93
Kannaiyan K.	IND	74
Annaiyan K.	IND	66
Manickam K.	IND	58
Rasu C.	IND	50

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Coonoor

LOST against M.Sivakumar

with 42% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M.Sivakumar	ADMK	47,113
M. Ranganathan	DMK	34,990
Komali	IND	993

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Vellore

LOST against Devaraj V. M.

with 44% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Devaraj V. M.	DMK	54,453
A. K. Ranganathan	ADMK	44,430
Kulasekaran	ICJ	1,078
M. Arumugam Alias Vidivelli Arumugam	IND	552
P. Subramani	IND	310

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Coonoor

WON against Periasamy C.

with 57% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ranganathan M.	DMK	34,424
Periasamy C.	ADMK	22,756
Mahaliappan E. M.	JNP	3,217
Balasubramaniam A.	IND	158

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Vellore

LOST against Devaraj V.M

with 44% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Devaraj V.M	DMK	43,126
Ranganathan A. K	ADMK	38,619
Eswaran K	JNP	4,489
Baseer S. M	IND	380
Balasundaram K. P.S	IND	189

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Vellore

WON against A.K. Lalalajpathy

with 30% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A.K. Ranganathan	ADMK	26,590
A.K. Lalalajpathy	JNP	25,758
V.M. Devaraj	DMK	21,229
V. Dakshinamoorthy	INC	12,043
G. Moorthv	IND	1,064
M.S. Taj Mahamed	IND	306
Y. Daniel Captain	IND	268

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Gudiyattam

LOST against V.K. Kothandaraman

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V.K. Kothandaraman	CPM	20,590
Soundararajulu Naidu	JNP	18,046
R. Govindasamy	INC	15,753
K.G. Muniyappan	DMK	12,224
K. Munasamy Choudary	IND	1,564
D. Ranganathan	IND	879
P.S. Ghanesan	IND	636

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Tindivanam

LOST against T.R. Erajaram Reddy

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
T.R. Erajaram Reddy	INC	18,990
R. Radhakrishnan	JNP	17,150
G. Rajaram	ADMK	15,117
G. Venkatraman	DMK	11,958
P.M. Ranganathan	IND	1,046

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Alandur

LOST against Abdul Razack

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Razack	ADMK	30,961
Abiraham M.	DMK	27,112
K. Narayanrao	JNP	17,042
A. Ranganathan	INC	6,608
A. Balasubramaniam	IND	223
V.C. Elumalai	IND	209
Mervin	IND	185
P.V. Vaidyalingam	IND	180
R. Veerapandian	IND	145

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Mugaiyur

LOST against A. G. Padmavathi

with 30% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A. G. Padmavathi	DMK	38,744
K. A. Ranganathan	NCO	19,605
M. Govindarasan	IND	4,581
E. Venkatesaperumal	IND	1,662